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<span class=large>THE BOOK OF JACOB</span><br/> THE BROTHER OF NEPHI
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CHAPTER 6
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The Lord shall recover Israel in the last days—Then the world shall be burned with fire—Men must follow Christ to avoid the lake of fire and brimstone.  Between 544 and 421 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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And</span> now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy—that the things which this prophet <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="Jacob 5: 1; Alma 33: 13 (13-15); TG Scriptures, Lost.">Zenos</a> spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rom. 11: 21 (1-36); 1 Ne. 10: 12; Jacob 5: 3 (3-77).">olive</a>-tree, must surely come to pass.
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And the day that he shall set his hand again the second time to <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Ne. 22: 12 (10-12); D&C 110: 11; D&C 137: 6; TG Israel, Gathering of; TG Israel, Restoration of.">recover</a> his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that the <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 5: 61.">servants</a> of the Lord shall go forth in his <sup>c</sup><a href="jacob/6/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 14: 1, 14.">power</a>, to <sup>d</sup><a href="jacob/6/2d" mark="d" type="A" title="Jacob 5: 71; D&C 101: 56.">nourish</a> and prune his <sup>e</sup><a href="jacob/6/2e" mark="e" type="C" title="Jer. 12: 10; D&C 138: 56; TG Vineyard of the Lord.">vineyard</a>; and after that the <sup>f</sup><a href="jacob/6/2f" mark="f" type="A" title="2 Ne. 30: 10; Jacob 5: 29; D&C 43: 17 (17-20, 28).">end</a> soon cometh.
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And how <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 5: 71.">blessed</a> are they who have labored <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Diligence; TG Perseverance.">diligently</a> in his vineyard; and how <sup>c</sup><a href="jacob/6/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 41: 1.">cursed</a> are they who shall be cast out into their own place!  And the <sup>d</sup><a href="jacob/6/3d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG World.">world</a> shall be <sup>e</sup><a href="jacob/6/3e" mark="e" type="C" title="Isa. 24: 6; 2 Ne. 27: 2; 3 Ne. 25: 1; Jacob 5: 77; TG World, End of.">burned</a> with fire.
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And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 24.">Israel</a>, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Neh. 9: 19 (18-26); 2 Ne. 19: 17 (17-21); 2 Ne. 28: 32; Jacob 5: 47.">hands</a> unto them all the day long; and they are a <sup>c</sup><a href="jacob/6/4c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Stiffneckedness.">stiffnecked</a> and a gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 10: 20; Josh. 23: 8; 2 Kgs. 18: 6; Hel. 4: 25; D&C 11: 19.">cleave</a> unto God as he cleaveth unto you.  And while his <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 59: 16; 2 Ne. 1: 15; Alma 5: 33; 3 Ne. 9: 14.">arm</a> of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.
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Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts; for why will ye <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 18: 28 (26-28, 32).">die</a>?
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For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 28.">word</a> of God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye must be <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 5: 52; 3 Ne. 27: 11 (11-12).">hewn</a> down and cast into the fire?
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Behold, will ye reject these words?  Will ye reject the words of the <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 26: 5.">prophets</a>; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Loss of.">deny</a> the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the <sup>c</sup><a href="jacob/6/8c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Gift of.">gift</a> of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a <sup>d</sup><a href="jacob/6/8d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Sacrilege.">mock</a> of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you?
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Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Shame.">shame</a> and <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 7: 19; Mosiah 15: 26.">awful</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="jacob/6/9c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Guilt; TG Judgment, The Last.">guilt</a> before the bar of God?
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And according to the power of <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Justice of; TG Justice.">justice</a>, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/10b" mark="b" type="C" title="Rev. 19: 20; 2 Ne. 28: 23; Mosiah 3: 27; TG Hell.">lake</a> of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is <sup>c</sup><a href="jacob/6/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 2: 33; D&C 19: 11 (10-12).">endless</a> <sup>d</sup><a href="jacob/6/10d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Damnation.">torment</a>.
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O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 41.">strait</a> gate, and <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/11b" mark="b" type="C" title="2 Ne. 31: 15; TG Commitment.">continue</a> in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.
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O be <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 10: 16; Morm. 9: 28.">wise</a>; what can I say more?
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Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you before the <sup>a</sup><a href="jacob/6/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Moro. 10: 34.">pleasing</a> bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with <sup>b</sup><a href="jacob/6/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 40: 14.">awful</a> dread and fear.  Amen.
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